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A Commitment to Supporting Stroke Care
As a couple, Norman and Arlene Leenhouts were deeply Their generosity also created the Leenhouts Family
committed to advancing neuroscience and stroke care Lectureship Fund in the Department of Neurosurgery,
at URMC. They had a strong desire to help us develop which focuses on stroke research, clinical care, and
cutting-edge research and clinical programs to improve recovery. Additionally, the Leenhoutses supported
outcomes and reduce suffering in patients with stroke the Joseph V. McDonald and Shige-Hisa Okawara
and brain tumors. Neurosurgical Resident Education Fund, the Department
of Neurosurgery Annual Fund, the Neurosurgery
The Leenhoutses were generous supporters of the
Department of Neurosurgery, and their impact will be Neuroimaging Partnership, the Stroke Treatment
felt in the Rochester community and beyond for many Alliance of Rochester, as well as several other areas
years to come. They established the Leenhouts Family across the University.
Endowment for Stroke Care and Recovery to support Norman—who passed away in January 2017—was a
research, clinical and educational programs. University Life Trustee and served as honorary co-chair
of URMC’s Neuromedicine campaign for The Meliora
They provided seed money for a pilot study aimed at
maximizing neurological function after a brain Challenge, the University’s comprehensive campaign
lesion—through pre-surgical brain mapping—that which concluded June 30, 2016. He received his
ultimately led to millions of dollars in grant funding. bachelor’s degree in 1956 from the University’s College
of Arts and Sciences.
